Morning workshop from 9 a.m. - noon
The presence of mercury in humans, largely from consumption of contaminated fish, is the crucial factor driving further emission reduction efforts in both Canada and the United States. The International Air Quality Advisory Board in conjunction with agency experts are investigating the feasibility of developing and running a model that can estimate the transfer of mercury from emission sources, through deposition and uptake by biota, to humans. Exchanges among scientists at this technical workshop will provide guidance in the development of a functional multi-compartment model meant to link emissions of mercury through their deposition and partitioning to ultimate presence in selected human subpopulations.
| An Ecosystem Approach to Mercury |
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Welcome
Dr. Gary Foley and Dr. Ann McMillan, Co-chairs, International Air Quality Advisory Board, International Joint Commission
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Overview of the Multi-Compartment Mercury Modeling Subgroup - Approach and Objectives
Dr. Elsie Sunderland, U.S. EPA
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Simulating the Atmospheric Transport and Fate of Mercury Using the NOAA-HYSPLIT Model
Dr. Mark Cohen, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, Silver Spring, Maryland
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Modeling Aquatic Fate and Bioaccumulation of Mercury in Waterbodies
Dr. Elsie Sunderland and Dr. John Johnston, U.S. EPA
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Human Exposure Modeling for Mercury Using the MENTOR Modeling Framework
Dr. Sheng-Wei Wang, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University
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Global Mercury Cycling: Implications for Great Lakes Contamination
Ashu Dastoor, MSC Environment Canada
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Preliminary Application of the Mercury Cycling Model (MCM) to Lake Superior
Dr. Reed Harris, TetraTech, Inc.
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Terrestrial Cycling and Watershed Modeling of Mercury
Dr. Brian Branfireun, University of Toronto
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An Overview of Ontario Ministry of the Environment Mercury Research
Dr. Gregory Mierle, Ontario Ministry of the Environment
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Mercury Cycling in the Ecosystem - A Progress Report on the METALLICUS Study
Dr. Holger Hintelmann, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario (invited)
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Bringing it All Together
Presenters will interact with workshop participants on the challenges and possible processes applicable to bringing these various modeling elements or compartments together into a single functioning hybrid model capable of estimating the fate and quantities of mercury associated with deposition, dispersion, and bioaccumulation, including the ultimate presence in humans. |
